ARTICLE X REGIONAL PLANNING BOARDS

13-10.1 REGIONAL PLANNING BOARDS

Pursuant to the provisions of N.J.S.A. 40:55D-77 et seq., the Township of Roxbury ordained to participation in the Lake Hopatcong Regional Planning Board by adopting Ordinance No. 2-77 in 1977. The Township's participation in the Lake Hopatcong Regional Planning Board pursuant to that Ordinance is hereby continued.

13-10.101 Continuation and Creation

The Lake Hopatcong Regional Planning Board, which has heretofore been created through Ordinance No. 2-77 of this Municipality, is hereby ratified and re-created for the purpose of this Ordinance by and for the Borough of Hopatcong, Township of Jefferson, Borough of Mt. Arlington, Township of Roxbury, County of Morris, County of Sussex and the State of New Jersey.

13-10.102 Powers and Duties

The Regional Planning Board herein created shall constitute an instrumentality of its participation governments.

The Lake Hopatcong Regional Planning Board shall make surveys, studies and plans for the physical development and control of land uses at Lake Hopatcong, including such areas away from the shore of the lake which are deemed, in the judgment of the board, to bear essential relationship to the planning program of said board. The board shall also make recommendations for action on such plans by the parties' members hereto.

13-10.103 Members

The number of members of the Lake Hopatcong Regional Planning Board and their methods of appointment shall be as follows:

Each municipality a member hereto shall appoint two resident members to the Board, at least one of whom shall hold no other public office or position excepting appointive membership on a municipal or other Planning Board. The one citizen member shall serve for a term of four years; if a second citizen member be appointed, he shall serve for a term of two years. If a public official is appointed, he shall serve for the length of his term of office.

Each county a member hereto shall appoint one member to the Board for a term of three years. Such appointment shall be a member of the County Planning Board who shall hold no other public office or position.

The State of New Jersey through the Commissioner of the New Jersey Department of Conservation and Economic Development shall appoint two members of the Board. One member shall hold a position with the Department of Conservation and Economic Development. The second member shall hold no public office or position excepting appointive membership on a municipal or other Planning Board, and shall be a resident of one of the municipalities a member hereto.

13-10.104 Effective Date

This section shall take effect upon adoption of similar ordinances by other municipalities' members hereto and by resolution of the freeholders of the Counties of Morris and Sussex.